Natural gas odor traced to church furnace near Knoxville sparks alarm, Knoxville IA
Fire crews traced natural gas smells near the intersection to a church furnace and shut it off, with no representative present during the response.
Audio|Source: Marion County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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PINGELO City Fire and Rescue responded to the intersection of Lincoln and Madison for the smell of natural gas.
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Engine Knoxville City Fire and Rescue.
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City Fire and Rescue needed at intersection of Lincoln and Madison, South Lincoln, West Madison for the smell of natural gas.
00:32
Acknowledged the page for the gas investigation.
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Dean County 939 will be en route.
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Hello.
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Three,
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four, three or six.
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All right,
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Carter, I'll be en route to the suspicion server.
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Hello.
01:16
939 is on scene.
01:21
You can switch to Fire Tac 1.
01:29
Good.
01:33
Do you have a chance to get an address for this or just the corner?
01:39
Another passerby drove to that intersection.
01:44
Smelled natural gas in that 1060.
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Copy that. We'll be investigating.
01:53
It's moving apart, that one.
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Go.
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So all right Yeah, go on.
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You're clear from the church. I think we've troubleshooted through the furnace. We have it off. We didn't make contact with a representative from the church. They're going to be here in about an hour to look at it.
02:21
But we are out of the building. So any other alarm will need to be dispatched.
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Location mentioned:
W Madison St & S Lincoln St, Knoxville, IA 50138
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